# 200: Episode 200, WOW!: Penises, Podcasts & Personal Growth – Melissa Reflects

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Podcast: [The Penis Project Podcast: Breaking Taboos in Men’s Sexual Health](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-penis-project-podcast-breaking-taboos-in-men-s-sexual-health-3323686)
Published: 2025-07-29T22:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://thepenisproject.podbean.com/e/200-episode-200-wow-penises-podcasts-personal-growth-%e2%80%93-melissa-reflects/
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Duration seconds: 3040

## Resource

In this milestone 200th episode, the tables are turned as Dr Amy Pearlman interviews The Penis Project's own Melissa Hadley Barrett. From wet hair and time zone mix-ups to powerful patient stories and favourite sex toys, this episode is a heartwarming, hilarious, and deeply honest look into what Melissa has learned after 200 interviews about penises, pleasure, relationships, and recovery. Amy has been a popular guest on The Penis Project and a friend and colleague to Melissa over the past few years and for something different the tables have turned, and Amy is interviewing Melissa to see what she has learnt being a part of The Penis Project community for 200 episodes and just under 5 years of posting. On the 14th of September the Penis Project will have been live for 5 years. This may not seem like a long time for most people but for Melissa it has been huge. Keeping the interviews coming and arranging editing and show notes etc. whilst running a busy growing practice has been hard but worth it, and she has learnt way more from her patients and interviewees than she thought possible. Together, Melissa and Amy explore: How a podcast that began during COVID lockdowns with Melissa and Dr Jo Milios (Physiotherapist) and then without realising became a global resource for men’s health Why it’s time to stop joking about penises and start listening The emotional side of male sexuality and how assumptions miss the mark What men really want after prostate cancer (hint: it isn’t just erections) How patients have reshaped Melissa’s clinical approach over time Products that have changed lives—and a few that scared her husband New conversations about sounding, Tantra, and intimacy beyond intercourse What Melissa hopes to do with the next 200 episodes—and who she dreams she will int…

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